Monday, October 15, 2007

Narrative Scenarios For Resolving Wicked Problems - 12

This is another in a series of "blogicles"
on how Mess Mapping™ and Resolution Scenario Mapping processes can be
used to
represent, analyze, evaluate Wicked Problems and then to choose actions
that ameliorate the Wicked Problem at hand.

After identifying those events that Must [or Must Not] happen, each team then creates a narrative: a story that describes
how the world got to be “this way” rather than some other way. They
then defend their scenario in a short presentation to all the
participants.

We can’t emphasize too strongly that a Scenario is not a recitation of
key events: this happened, then that happened. Rather, it’s the story
that counts:

Who were the key actors?

What were their motivations?

What did they do?

What didn’t they do?

What was the timing of their actions?

How did the actions of major actors interact with the
actions of other actors?

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This is another in a series of "blogicles"
on how Mess Mapping™ and Resolution Scenario Mapping processes can be
used to
represent, analyze, evaluate Wicked Problems and then to choose actions
that ameliorate the Wicked Problem at hand.

After identifying those events that Must [or Must Not] happen, each team then creates a narrative: a story that describes
how the world got to be “this way” rather than some other way. They
then defend their scenario in a short presentation to all the
participants.

We can’t emphasize too strongly that a Scenario is not a recitation of
key events: this happened, then that happened. Rather, it’s the story
that counts:

Who were the key actors?

What were their motivations?

What did they do?

What didn’t they do?

What was the timing of their actions?

How did the actions of major actors interact with the
actions of other actors?